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Even the mere act of performing *Anuttaraupapatikadashā* would exhaust them. Just as a cart loaded with dry wood, a cart loaded with leaves, a cart loaded with leaves, sesame seeds, and dry goods, a cart loaded with castor oil wood, a cart loaded with coal, all these carts, when well dried in the sun, move with a rattling sound and stand with a rattling sound, similarly, when the blessed *Anugār* walked, their bones rattled and even when they stood still, they rattled. Although they were weak in body, they were strong in austerity. Their flesh and blood had become depleted. Like fire buried in a pile of ashes, they were adorned with austerity, brilliance, and the splendor of austerity.
The *Vivechana Sūtra* is clear. Its entire subject can be easily understood from the original meaning itself. It is only noteworthy that although the blessed *Anugār*’s body had become emaciated by the test of austerity and restraint, their soul had become supernaturally strong, due to which the brilliance of their face was increasing day by day, shining like fire.
**The Physical Condition of the Blessed Muni: Description of the Feet and Toes**
10. The feet of the blessed *Anugār* had become of this kind of form and color: just as the dry bark of a tree, or wooden sandals, or old shoes, so also the feet of the blessed *Anugār* were dry, rough, and devoid of flesh. They were recognized only by the bones, skin, and veins. Due to the depletion of flesh and blood, their feet were not recognizable.
The toes of the blessed *Anugār* had become of this kind of form and color: just as the pods of peas, the pods of mung beans, the pods of black gram, and when these tender pods are broken and put in the sun, they become dry and withered, so also the toes of the blessed *Anugār* had become dry, rough, and devoid of flesh, that is, they had withered. Only the bones, skin, and veins remained in them, flesh and blood were not (generally) present in them.
Here, the *Sūtrakār* has described how much change had come about in the physical condition of the blessed *Anugār*. Due to performing austerity, his two feet had become dry like the dry bark of a tree, wooden sandals, or old dry shoes. In their feet, flesh and blood were not even visible in name. Only bones, skin, and veins were visible. The same was the condition of the toes. They were also like peas, mung beans, black gram…